2009/05/26

"Or, who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and who relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth (can there be another) God besides Allah. Little it is that ye heed!"

Chapter: Verse :27

Call on Him with Fear and Longing

"Do not mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing: for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good."

Chapter: 7 Verse: 56

Call on Me I will answer you

And your Lord says: "Call on Me I will answer you; surely those who are too proud for My service shall soon enter hell abased."

Chapter: 40, Verse: 60

Surely I Am Near

"And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when He calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way".

2009/05/07

Almighty Allah said: Nay they wonder that there has come to them a warner (Muhammad) from among themselves.So the disbelievers say: 'This is a strange thing! When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be resurrected?) That is a far return." We know that which the earth takes of them (theft dead bodies), and with Us is a Book preserved (i.e., the Book of Decrees).Nay but they have denied the truth (this Quran) when it has come to them, so they are in a confused state (can not differentiate between right and wrong).
Have they not looked at the heaven above them, how We have made it and adorned it, and there are no rifts in it? And the earth! We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and have produced therein every kind of lovely growth (plants).An insight and a reminder for every slave turning to Allah i.e., the one who believes in Allah and performs deeds of
His obedience, and always begs His pardon). And We send down blessed water (rain) from the sky then we produce therewith gardens and grain (every kind of harvests that are reaped). And tall date palms, with ranged dusters; a provision for (Allah's) slaves. And We give life therewith to a dead land. Thus will be the resurrection (of the dead). Denied before them (i.e. these
pagans of Makka who denied you, 0 Muhammad) the people of Noah, and the dewllers of Bass, and the Thamud, and Ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,and the dwellers of the Wood, and the people of Tubba; everyone of them denied (their) Messengers, so My Threat
took effect.

2009/05/05

The Originator of the universe tells us that :"There is instruction in their stories for people of intelligence. This is not a narration wich has been invented but confirmation of all that came before, a clarification of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for people who believe".

Chaptor 12 Verse 111

One of the great examples of wisdom in the life stories of prophets is that the verses do not merely describe events in the past, but also provide lessons for people of future generations while pointing to events that have yet to take place. In this sense, the life of Yusuf (Alaihe Salam) has several meanings. When we look at his life we see that Muslims have faced similar difficulties in all ages, that they have been subjected to unfounded allegations by people who do not share their religion. And that they have experienced a great many situations in wich they needed to exibit patience and resignation before the will of Allah. We are told that an early age Prophet Yusuf (A.S) was thrown down a well by his brothers and left to die, that he was later sold into slavery and spent long years in prison as a result of false accusations, and that he was tested with number of difficulties. So when believers look at his life they find a great many similarities with their own lives. It is the immutable design of Allah that believers over the ages have faced similar situations. In addition to this, after all the traps that had been set for him ; the way he was thrown into a well, slandered, unjustly imprisoned and left there for years, Allah eventually made Yusuf (A.S) head of the treasury. He gave him power, rank and wealth.

The unalterable pattern of Allah applies here, just as it does in every other field. Allah promises in several verses that the faithful will be delivered after all their tribulations :

"Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will fimly establish for them their religion with wich He is pleased and give them in place of their fear, security. "they worship Me, not associating anything with Me". Any who disbelieve after that, such people are deviators."

God he shed his grace on meBut often times I do not seeThe love he has just for meI worry and I wonder if I am being who it is I should be

I should have cried when I read the words to your gracious bookBut I held back tears because I fear what lay in shedding waterTo let go of life and somehow try to live onAll the things I have acquired somehow seem to call

Away from you a dream they sellA dream so near to sinTo be like those who smile and frolic on this earth we live

But for God how could I ask for time to worship anotherThe dreams I hold so dear to me so distant from each otherSplit like the red seaThe sand beneath my feetI pray that I follow Moses humbly and not Pharaoh in prideful defeat